The utility model belongs to the technical field of heat pumps, and discloses a
heat pump system which is characterized in that a control valve group can selectively enable any one of a first heat exchange unit and a first heat exchange channel to be connected into a water return pipeline; when a user has no hot water using requirement and the
tail end water using device has the heating requirement, the
heat pump assembly does not work, the heat source device provides hot water for the
tail end water using device, meanwhile, part of return water of the
tail end water using device is fed into the first heat exchange unit, water in the inner container is preheated, and the
water temperature in the inner container is made to be higher than the environment temperature; the
heat energy is stored by water in the inner container; when a user suddenly needs to use hot water, the
heat pump assembly is controlled to work, water in the inner container is heated through the heat pump
assembly, the temperature of the water in the inner container is higher than the environment temperature due to the fact that
heat energy is stored in the water, and the
temperature difference between the
water temperature needed by the user and the current
water temperature of the inner container is reduced; therefore, the time for the heat pump assembly to lift the water in the inner container to the required water temperature is shortened, and
energy consumption of a compressor of the heat pump assembly is reduced.